Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1994, 2:46 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1994, 2:46 PM MDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1994, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPUB 182047 RRA SVRPUB COC101-182130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 246 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO ...WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY...PUEBLO RESEVOIR RECREATION AREA AT 245 PM MDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
COZ012>014-016-023-060>066-182000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO 115 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... MOSITURE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO FROM ARIZONA WILL BRING AN END TO THE DRY CONDITIONS...AS THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS ARCHULETA COUNTY TO INCLUDE PAGOSA SPRINGS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... WITH WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS IN THE GUNNISON AND UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEYS. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WHILE WIDELY SCATTEED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN GUNNISON NATIONAL FOREST AND THE SAWATCH RANGE WILL ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...BUT LITTLE RAIN. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER DUE TO THE CLOUDS AND RAIN...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOW 80S. IF PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ...KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES SUCH AS A REINFORCED BUILDING OR INSIDE OF A HOME. STAY AWAY FROM TALL ISOLATED TREES AND WATER IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARBY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE...SHERIFF OR THE STATE PATROL...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BTK
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-182040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 136 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7PM MDT FOR TELLER..ELBERT..EL PASO.. AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES... THIS INCLUDES BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CITIES/TOWNS OF COLORADO SPRINGS..LIMON..WOODLAND PARK AND KIOWA... AT 130 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY CROSSING OVER INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY COLORADO. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WAS NOTED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF WOODLAND PARK IN NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..HAIL.. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. THEY ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH AT ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH. PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
COZ041-046-047-067-071-072-182040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 136 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7PM MDT FOR TELLER..ELBERT..EL PASO.. AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES... THIS INCLUDES BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CITIES/TOWNS OF COLORADO SPRINGS..LIMON..WOODLAND PARK AND KIOWA... AT 130 PM MDT LIMON RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY CROSSING OVER INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY COLORADO. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WAS NOTED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF WOODLAND PARK IN NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN..HAIL.. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. THEY ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH AT ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH. PERSONS IN EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER $CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:38 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-182145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 238 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 235 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY NEAR THE PUEBLO RESEVOIR STATE RECREACTION AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE AREA OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS AT PUEBLO RESEVOIR SHOULD LEAVE THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INTO A CAR IF POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. F A1150*6WWUS@ #6WWUSh h-6WWUS 0$6WWUSR &P WUUS\ ?66WWUSD 86WWUST L0XWSUSr 7q4WSUS|* 4nX WUUS B093044 C09004670456042 F08*`WWUS ,QWSPAZV @3U^WSUSx 33 F104030 G1030(Q`WWUS < B11 C112033&WWCN <-b6WWUS 1 WUUS #F66WWUS
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:38 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-182145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 238 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 235 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY NEAR THE PUEBLO RESEVOIR STATE RECREACTION AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE AREA OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS AT PUEBLO RESEVOIR SHOULD LEAVE THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INTO A CAR IF POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. F A1150*6WWUS@ #6WWUSh h-6WWUS 0$6WWUSR &P WUUS\ ?66WWUSD 86WWUST L0XWSUSr 7q4WSUS|* 4nX WUUS B093044 C09004670456042 F08*`WWUS ,QWSPAZV @3U^WSUSx 33 F104030 G1030(Q`WWUS < B11 C112033&WWCN <-b6WWUS 1 WUUS #F66WWUS
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:41 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
COZ068>070-073>081-182145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 238 PM MDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 235 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY NEAR THE PUEBLO RESEVOIR STATE RECREACTION AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE AREA OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS AT PUEBLO RESEVOIR SHOULD LEAVE THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INTO A CAR IF POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. A TORNADO WAT<CH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY...EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...AND PUEBLO AND CROWLEY COUNTIES.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.